This comes from the Columbian’s Editorial Board. The largest newspaper in Washington's 3rd District.
Because of her thoughtfulness, transparency, demeanor and long history in Southwest Washington, Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is the best candidate to represent the region in Congress. The Columbian’s Editorial Board strongly recommends a vote for Perez as representative from the 3rd Congressional District.
In Perez, they will find a candidate who lives in rural Skamania County, owns a six-bay auto repair shop with her husband and supports gun rights. In other words, she is not the kind of big-city liberal that often draws scorn from conservatives. When Perez talks about the struggles of providing health care for employees or finding adequate day care for her son or the need for broadband internet in rural areas, she knows of what she speaks.
Joie Kent aspires to become the next Jim Jordan.
Kent said during a debate Saturday that he supports Biden as the lawfully elected president of the United States. Kent has either been lying for the past year, or he was lying Saturday. Either way, we cannot trust a candidate who so willfully speaks out of both sides of his mouth.
In contrast, Perez spends her time thinking about issues that matter to Southwest Washington.
On immigration, she says, “I do not support open borders.” She advocates increased spending on border patrols and electronic monitoring. On a proposed Interstate 5 Bridge, she says the federal government must be involved: “My role in Congress is to bring home those federal tax dollars.” On abortion, she writes, “I’ll stand up to politicians who try to tell women what they can and cannot do with their own body.” Kent has called for a national ban on abortion.
Perez has focused on issues that matter here while Kent has spent time trying to build his national profile. One candidate will work for Southwest Washington; the other will seek celebrity status.
The candidates have a second debate in Longview at LCC on Oct. 27.
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